Strong Delta breeze returns in Sacramento and Modesto – how cool will it get?

As kids head back to school, this might feel like final summer weekend to get outdoors.

Last weekend was of course just a bit too hot for some, with high temperatures well above 100 degrees. This weekend? A complete pattern shift. High temps will hold in the 80s — well below average for August — every day this weekend thanks to lower pressure and a powerful Delta breeze.

In the wake of an upper-level trough — lower pressure through the upper atmosphere — that brought clouds over the Central Valley on Wednesday and some storms to the Sierra Thursday, winds along the coast are now being directed onshore with force as the atmosphere works to fill in the gap left from midweek…

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